On the question of illegal
immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal
border crossings and visitor overstays?

Too much

33%

33%

34%

37%

30%

34%

33%

37%

36%

27%

18%

50%

29%

17%

32%

62%

28%

37%

21%

30%

29%

45%

42%

33%

28%

33%

35%

Too
little

42%

45%

38%

35%

45%

45%

42%

38%

45%

37%

57%

26%

44%

59%

38%

18%

47%

38%

53%

43%

47%

30%

33%

39%

49%

41%

42%

About
right

18%

17%

19%

21%

18%

14%

19%

16%

16%

24%

22%

16%

18%

21%

21%

13%

19%

18%

22%

17%

20%

15%

20%

20%

16%

19%

17%

Not
sure

7%

5%

8%

7%

7%

7%

7%

10%

3%

12%

4%

8%

9%

3%

10%

7%

7%

7%

4%

10%

4%

9%

4%

8%

7%

7%

6%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

In trying to control illegal
immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal
electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers
for U.S. jobs?

Yes

68%

72%

64%

59%

74%

71%

70%

59%

68%

60%

82%

55%

69%

84%

65%

51%

68%

68%

76%

71%

72%

59%

63%

71%

69%

69%

68%

No

20%

19%

21%

29%

15%

16%

18%

29%

24%

19%

10%

30%

19%

10%

21%

35%

19%

21%

13%

17%

18%

27%

28%

16%

19%

21%

20%

Not
sure

12%

8%

15%

12%

11%

12%

11%

13%

8%

21%

8%

14%

12%

7%

14%

14%

13%

11%

11%

11%

10%

13%

9%

12%

12%

11%

12%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Do you strongly favor, somewhat
favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to
most of the approximately two million illegal residents who came to this
country when they were minors?

Strongly
favor

36%

36%

36%

35%

36%

38%

35%

39%

41%

27%

21%

52%

33%

21%

35%

62%

31%

39%

23%

41%

30%

46%

44%

35%

33%

35%

40%

Somewhat
favor

22%

23%

22%

24%

23%

19%

22%

20%

26%

29%

23%

20%

26%

23%

28%

17%

20%

24%

26%

21%

26%

20%

22%

27%

19%

22%

22%

Somewhat
oppose

19%

20%

18%

22%

17%

16%

18%

22%

17%

20%

23%

15%

18%

25%

19%

11%

23%

16%

24%

16%

21%

16%

15%

18%

22%

21%

15%

Strongly
oppose

16%

16%

16%

12%

18%

20%

18%

12%

12%

12%

27%

6%

16%

26%

11%

5%

19%

14%

23%

18%

16%

10%

11%

14%

20%

15%

17%

Not
sure

7%

5%

8%

7%

6%

8%

7%

6%

4%

13%

6%

7%

7%

5%

7%

4%

7%

7%

5%

5%

7%

8%

7%

6%

6%

7%

7%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Do you strongly favor, somewhat
favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to
most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently
reside in the United States?

Strongly
favor

22%

24%

21%

24%

21%

23%

22%

29%

23%

11%

12%

34%

19%

13%

19%

41%

19%

25%

15%

21%

18%

30%

31%

19%

20%

21%

25%

Somewhat
favor

22%

21%

22%

25%

20%

19%

21%

20%

22%

27%

15%

26%

22%

16%

24%

29%

19%

23%

17%

19%

24%

25%

25%

22%

20%

21%

22%

Somewhat
oppose

19%

19%

20%

21%

18%

20%

17%

23%

25%

23%

21%

16%

22%

20%

25%

13%

20%

19%

24%

21%

20%

16%

17%

23%

18%

20%

18%

Strongly
oppose

30%

32%

28%

23%

34%

32%

33%

19%

26%

31%

46%

16%

30%

47%

24%

12%

35%

27%

38%

34%

34%

21%

21%

27%

37%

30%

29%

Not
sure

7%

4%

9%

6%

7%

6%

7%

9%

5%

8%

5%

7%

7%

4%

8%

6%

7%

6%

7%

5%

5%

8%

6%

9%

5%

7%

5%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Which is closest to the number of
new immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than
500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than one and a
half million?

Fewer than
500,000

33%

33%

32%

30%

33%

37%

33%

29%

36%

28%

50%

19%

31%

48%

28%

15%

43%

27%

46%

32%

35%

23%

30%

28%

38%

34%

28%

750,000

15%

16%

15%

17%

15%

14%

14%

19%

21%

16%

18%

15%

13%

19%

16%

10%

15%

15%

22%

17%

14%

11%

14%

17%

15%

17%

13%

One
million

17%

19%

16%

18%

16%

22%

17%

19%

19%

23%

13%

22%

17%

14%

21%

20%

17%

18%

12%

18%

18%

20%

18%

20%

15%

17%

19%

One
an a half million

8%

9%

6%

7%

9%

4%

8%

13%

2%

7%

5%

9%

9%

6%

7%

12%

5%

9%

5%

10%

7%

9%

8%

9%

7%

7%

10%

More
than one and a half million

11%

12%

10%

9%

12%

11%

12%

8%

12%

7%

4%

17%

11%

3%

11%

24%

6%

14%

4%

9%

10%

17%

14%

10%

10%

9%

16%

Not
sure

16%

11%

20%

19%

15%

12%

17%

12%

10%

18%

11%

18%

18%

11%

17%

19%

14%

17%

11%

13%

15%

21%

16%

16%

16%

16%

14%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Do you favor legal immigrants
being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you
favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process
that can include extended family and their spouses' families?

You favor
legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor
children

58%

63%

53%

52%

59%

67%

60%

45%

57%

64%

73%

44%

58%

73%

53%

43%

60%

57%

69%

59%

62%

48%

56%

56%

61%

59%

56%

You
favor also eventually bringing in other adult relatives that can include
extended family and their spouses' families

31%

28%

35%

36%

30%

26%

31%

43%

28%

21%

18%

44%

31%

19%

36%

47%

26%

35%

21%

31%

28%

40%

32%

34%

29%

29%

38%

Not
sure

11%

9%

13%

12%

11%

7%

10%

12%

14%

15%

9%

12%

11%

8%

11%

10%

14%

8%

10%

9%

10%

12%

12%

10%

10%

12%

7%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

When businesses say they are
having trouble finding Americans to take jobs in construction, manufacturing,
hospitality and other service work, what is generally best for the
country? Is it better for businesses
to raise the pay and try harder to recruit

Better for
businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans
even if it causes prices to rise

63%

65%

62%

60%

66%

63%

66%

53%

65%

52%

71%

56%

64%

70%

60%

60%

67%

61%

69%

65%

66%

57%

59%

64%

66%

63%

62%

Better
for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business
costs and prices down

22%

24%

19%

24%

19%

24%

19%

29%

26%

33%

16%

26%

22%

17%

25%

26%

17%

25%

16%

24%

21%

25%

27%

23%

18%

21%

26%

Not
sure

15%

11%

18%

16%

15%

13%

15%

19%

9%

15%

13%

18%

14%

13%

15%

14%

16%

14%

15%

11%

13%

18%

14%

14%

16%

16%

12%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Should Congress increase the
number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs or does the country
already have enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those
jobs?

Increase
the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs

29%

33%

25%

39%

23%

24%

27%

40%

32%

25%

16%

42%

27%

20%

28%

45%

25%

32%

27%

27%

22%

36%

41%

27%

24%

27%

36%

The
country already has enough talented people to train and recruit for most of
those jobs

57%

57%

58%

50%

62%

61%

59%

49%

56%

60%

73%

44%

57%

69%

58%

40%

61%

55%

62%

61%

64%

49%

47%

59%

63%

60%

51%

Not
sure

14%

10%

17%

11%

15%

15%

14%

11%

12%

15%

11%

14%

16%

11%

14%

15%

14%

13%

11%

13%

14%

15%

13%

14%

14%

13%

13%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

In terms of the effect on the
overall quality of life in the United States, do you favor continuing this
level of immigration-driven population growth, slowing down
immigration-driven population growth or having no immigration-driven
population growth at

Continue
immigration driven population growth at the current levels

34%

38%

30%

37%

32%

32%

33%

44%

31%

29%

19%

48%

33%

20%

37%

54%

25%

39%

22%

38%

30%

42%

44%

32%

29%

33%

37%

Slow
down immigration driven population growth

44%

42%

47%

41%

46%

46%

45%

34%

52%

43%

58%

33%

43%

58%

43%

28%

49%

42%

54%

43%

53%

34%

35%

50%

46%

44%

46%

Have
no immigration driven population growth at all

13%

15%

11%

11%

14%

15%

13%

11%

13%

12%

18%

8%

14%

18%

11%

7%

18%

10%

17%

13%

11%

12%

12%

10%

16%

14%

10%

Not
sure

9%

5%

12%

11%

8%

6%

9%

10%

4%

16%

5%

11%

9%

4%

9%

12%

9%

9%

7%

6%

7%

13%

9%

8%

9%

9%

7%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Should immigration-driven
population growth be reduced to limit the expansion of cities into U.S.
wildlife habitats and farmland?